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Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas Papers, 1915-1987

Summary Information

Abstract

The papers comprise the correspondence of Agnes Kun (1915-1990), translator, and Antal Hidas (1899-1980), Hungarian poet, with prominent Russian poets and writers; Antal Hidas's memoirs; and manuscripts of translations from Hungarian and original poetry by famous Russian authors.

At a Glance

Call No.: BA#0535
Bib ID 9189851 View CLIO record
Creator(s) Kun, Agnes; Hidas, Antal, 1899-
Title Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas Papers, 1915-1987
Physical Description 4 linear feet (5 archival document boxes and 1 flat box)
Language(s) English .
Access You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

This collection is located on-site.

This collection has no restrictions.

Arrangement

Arrangement

This collection is organized in four series.

Description

Scope and Content

The collection consists of significant correspondence with prominent Russian poets and writers and manuscripts of translations from Hungarian and original poetry by famous Russian authors. Among authors whose letters and manuscripts are represented in the collection are: Margarita Aliger, Lili Brik, Kornei Chukovskii, Aleksandr Fadeev, Vera Inber, Lev Kopelev, Leonid Martynov, Boris Pasternak, Boris Polevoi, David Samoilov, Boris Slutskii, Nikolai Tikhonov, Nikolai Zabolotskii, and many others. Oversize materials stored in BAR Flat Box #5.

Using the Collection

Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Restrictions on Access

You will need to make an appointment in advance to use this collection material in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library reading room. You can schedule an appointment once you've submitted your request through your Special Collections Research Account.

This collection is located on-site.

This collection has no restrictions.

Terms Governing Use and Reproduction

Single photocopies may be made for research purposes. Permission to publish material from the collection must be requested from the Curator of the Bakhmeteff Archive. The RBML approves permission to publish that which it physically owns; the responsibility to secure copyright permission rests with the patron.

Preferred Citation

Identification of specific item; Date (if known); Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas Papers; Box and Folder; Bakhmeteff Archive, Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Columbia University Library.

Accrual

No additons are expected

Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. Contact rbml@columbia.edu for more information.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--1994.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Processing Information

Papers processed by Tanya Chebotarev.

Finding aid written by Katia Shraga November 2011.

Collection is processed to folder level.

Revision Description

2012-01-12 File created.

2012-01-13 XML document instance created by Catherine C. Ricciardi

2012-04-16 XML document instance updated by Catherine C. Ricciardi

2019-05-20 EAD was imported spring 2019 as part of the ArchivesSpace Phase II migration.

Subject Headings

The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches at Columbia University through the Archival Collections Portal and through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, as well as ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.

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Genre/Form

Heading "CUL Archives:"
"Portal"
"CUL Collections:"
"CLIO"
"Nat'l / Int'l Archives:"
"ArchivedGRID"
Correspondence Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Manuscripts (documents) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Memoirs Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Translations (Documents) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID

Subject

Heading "CUL Archives:"
"Portal"
"CUL Collections:"
"CLIO"
"Nat'l / Int'l Archives:"
"ArchivedGRID"
Abašiże, Grigol, 1914-1994 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Aliger, Margarita, 1915-1992 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Andronikov, Irakliĭ, 1908-1990 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Baz͡han, Mykola Platonovych, 1904-1983 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Bek, Aleksandr, 1903-1972 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Brik, Lili I︠U︡rʹevna Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Budennyĭ, S. M (Semen Mikhaĭlovich), 1883-1973 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Chukovskiĭ, Korneĭ, 1882-1969 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Chukovskiĭ, Nikolaĭ Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Fadeev, Aleksandr, 1901-1956 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Fedin, Konstantin, 1892-1977 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Hidas, Antal, 1899- Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Hungarian literature Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Inber, Vera Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Isakovskiĭ, M (Mikhail), 1900-1973 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Kazakevich, Ėmmanuil, 1913-1962 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Kedrin, Dmitriĭ, 1907-1945 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Kirsanov, Semen, 1906-1972 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Knipovich, E. (Evgenii︠a︡) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Kopelev, Lev, 1912-1997 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Kun, Agnes Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Larina, Anna Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Levik, Vilʹgelʹm Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Literature -- Translations into Russian Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Marshak, S (Samuil), 1887-1964 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Martynov, Leonid, 1905-1980 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Morit͡s, I͡Unna, 1937- Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Orlova, R. D. (Raisa Davydovna) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Papernyĭ, Z (Zinoviĭ), 1919-1996 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich, 1890-1960 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Pervomaĭsʹkyĭ, Leonid, 1908-1973 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Petrovykh, Marii͡a, 1908-1979 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Polevoĭ, Boris Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Prokofʹev, Aleksandr Andreevich, 1900-1971 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Rozhdestvenskiĭ, Robert, 1932- Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Rozhdestvenskiĭ, Vsevolod, 1895-1977 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Rozov, Viktor, 1913-2004 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Russian literature -- 20th century Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Samoĭlov, D (David) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Slut͡skiĭ, Boris, 1919-1986 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Stelʹmakh, M. P (Mykhaĭlo Panasovych) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Surkov, A. A (Alekseĭ Aleksandrovich), 1899-1983 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Tikhonov, Nikolaĭ, 1896-1979 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Turkov, A (Andreĭ) Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Venclova, Antanas, 1906-1971 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Voznesenskiĭ, Andreĭ, 1933-2010 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID
Zharov, Aleksandr, 1904-1984 Portal CLIO ArchiveGRID

History / Biographical Note

History

Agnes Kun (January 21, 1915-October 19, 1990), translator and editor, daughter of Bela Kun, wife of Hungarian poet Antal Hidas (12.18.1899-01.22.1980), who in the 1920s immigrated to the Soviet Union. Both Agnes Kun and Antal Hidas went through the Gulag. Kun and Hidas became the main Soviet experts on Hungarian literature. It was under their leadership that many collections of Hungarian poetry were translated and published in the USSR in the 1950s. They returned to Hungary in 1959.